“We are so, so, so happy to be back in Sweden…since this is where it all started. We did our very first show in this country seven years ago” says MC Ninja while waving hello to the festival crowd at Stockholm’s most popular indie annual weekend, Popaganda. The band plays a “stunning blend of indie rock guitars, police show themes, […]

Personally, it’s been a while since we last saw Daniel perform, it was in Malmö in 2003 at Accelerator. His artist career spans an impressive four decades, partly being known to a larger audience after Kurt Cobain wearing one of his t-shirts. It was a touching performance from a worn man, acting his inner feelings in the most honest and […]

Warp Record’s act Battles delivered a massive set of their experimental rock at Flow this year. Starting out as a quartet with members from Helmet, Don Caballero and Lynx in the beginning of the century they now perform as a trio. As if touring the world wasn’t enough for these guys, they also curate an edition of All Tomorrow’s Parties […]

Glasgow’s post-rock heroes performed songs from their latest album “Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will” together with some older favourites such as “I Know You Are But What Am I” and “Hunted By A Freak”. We remember buying the band’s masterpiece “Come On Die Young” on a heavy double vinyl on a Gothenburg school trip in 1999. Who would […]

Isn’t the first Finnish band to attend Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona something to pay extra attention to? We though so. Perhaps you’ve heard their single “Laws Of Gravity” which is currently on high rotation on our radio. They’ve been described as “ADHD’d Finns” by Spin Magazine and the band’s live performance is absolutely stunning. Rubik at Flow Festival on […]

We know it’s been a lot of talk about Finnish bands recently, but here’s our first live recording of an artist singing in Finnish. Exotic? Yes actually. If you think Swedes and Finns are about the same, the language will tell you the difference. Regina is “one of the crown royals of new Finnish pop. Their recent single Jos et […]

Finland’s Delay Trees are brilliant! This is the opening concert of the second day at Flow Festival and it’s the perfect sound to start off to, “combining the hypnotic soundscapes of dream pop with lush melodies”. Download their “Before I Go Go EP” for free. Delay Trees at Flow Festival on August 12, 2011

Ever since we heard Young Adult Friction for the first time we knew this was a love story. When the band hit Stockholm for the first time about two years ago we were given thirty tickets for an on-site competition, apparently the venue didn’t sold much since nobody knew about them then. Things do change, luckily, at Flow the band […]

This is the first Spanish artist to be recorded live by Gimme Indie and it’s an honour to serve you Pablo Díaz-Reixa’s set from Flow Festival. Born at the Canary Islands Pablo left for continental Europe at the age of 14 to focus on a career in sports. Luckily (?) that didn’t happen, instead he started to play drums in […]

After ten albums and more than fifteen years as an artist Destroyer’s front man Dan Bejar performs on routine, delivering a rich set of their proprietary “European blues” to the Finnish audience at Flow Festival. Destroyer at Flow Festival on August 12, 2011